Portage RCMP seize prohibited firearm

Portage la Prairie RCMP received a report of a 17-year-old male youth at a residence on 5th Avenue NE possibly in breach of a court order, and possibly in possession of bear mace and a small firearm April 23, 2020, at approximately 7 p.m.

Officers attended the residence and conducted a search where they located the youth in a basement bedroom. A further search of the bedroom located an altered loaded firearm in the closet.

The youth, who has numerous outstanding warrants for his arrest, remains in police custody.